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Hannover, 11 May 2017 – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles delivered 161,700 vans and pickups to customers around the world up to the end of April. This represents an increase of 4.8 per cent compared with the same period last year. In Western Europe, deliveries increased by 6.8 per cent in the first four months of the year to 114,100 vehicles.

In the German home market, 41,200 vehicles were handed over to customers (+5.5 per cent). All other European core markets showed significant increases in deliveries as well: France (+16.7 per cent to 7,500 vehicles), Spain (+13.8 per cent to 4,900 vehicles), Italy (+11.8 per cent to 4,100 vehicles) and the UK (+3.3 per cent to 16,600 vehicles).

In Eastern Europe, 12,300 vehicles were delivered to customers. This corresponds to an increase of 13.2 per cent.

In North America, with 3,500 vehicles sold, 49.9 per cent more vehicles were delivered to customers. In South America, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles delivered 12,200 vehicles
(+ 3.5 per cent).

In the Asia-Pacific region, the brand also recorded increases in deliveries (+ 9.2 per cent to 7,200 vehicles)

The markets in Africa (-19.0 per cent to 4,000 vehicles) and the Middle East (-22.9 per cent to 8,400 vehicles) recorded a fall in vehicle deliveries in the first four months of the year.

With the exception of the Crafter, all model ranges showed a substantial increase in sales. The drop in deliveries of the Crafter is attributable to the model changeover.

Overview of worldwide deliveries by model range (January to April 2017 inclusive):